Category Archives: Releases

Coming to OVID this Friday, June 24:
FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS

Director:
Mitra Farahani

World Premiere:
Berlin 2013

Select Festivals:
New York, Telluride, BAFICI, Cinema du Reel, Warsaw, Seattle

About:
The filmmaker tracks down a long-forgotten, censored pre-Revolution Iranian artist.

Coming to HBO Max tomorrow, Thursday, June 23:
MENUDO: FOREVER YOUNG

Director:
Ángel Manuel Soto, Kristofer Ríos

World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022

About:
A docuseries chronicling the rise and fall of the most iconic Latin American boy band in history, bringing viewers into the world of the popular teen idols’ global tours, magazine covers, ‘80s outfits, and screaming fangirls – as well as a web of abuse and exploitation at the hands of the band’s manager, Edgardo Diaz.

Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, June 22:
CHERNOBYL: THE LOST TAPES

Director:
James Jones

World Premiere:
British TV broadcast (February 2022)

Select Festivals:
Full Frame

About:
The story of Chernobyl, told entirely through a newly discovered hoard of dramatic footage filmed at the nuclear plant during the disaster and new, deeply personal audio interviews with those who were there.

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, June 21:
THE STORY WON’T DIE

Director:
David Henry Gerson

World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021

Select Festivals:
AFI Docs, Watch Docs, Poland’s American Fest, Woods Hole

About:
A portrait of a young generation of Syrian artists who use their work to process their ongoing trauma and to express themselves as they never could under the repressive regime that forced them into exile.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, June 21:
THE BEATLES AND INDIA

Director:
Ajoy Bose, Peter Compton

World Premiere:
UK Asian Film Festival 2021

Select Festivals:
Thessaloniki Doc, Valladolid, Gent

About:
A unique historical chronicle of the enduring love affair between The Beatles and India, which started more than half a century ago.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, June 22:
WE (NOUS)

Director:
Alice Diop

World Premiere:
Berlin 2021

Select Festivals:
IDFA, New Directors/New Films, BFI London, Karlovy Vary, Indieslisboa, Bergen, Cinéma du Réel, Taipei, Cairo, Bilbao, DOXA, Visions du Réel

About:
A nuanced, kaleidoscopic portrait of people from largely Black and immigrant communities in the Parisian suburbs.

Coming to ESPN’s 30 for 30 series as well as ESPN+, Disney+, and Hulu beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21:
37 WORDS

Director:
Dawn Porter, Nicole Newnham

World Premiere:
ESPN (June 2022)

About:
A docuseries chronicling the hard-fought battle of Title IX in upholding equal rights in education and athletics.

Coming to Fuse tomorrow, Tuesday, June 21:
BEING BEBE

Director:
Emily Branham

World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021

Select Festivals:
Provincetown, NewFest, Outfest, BFI Flare, Tallgrass, Sound Unseen, Image+Nation, Heartland

About:
In 2009, Bebe Zahara Benet was crowned the first winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, but the franchise hadn’t yet achieved notoriety, so without an infrastructure to support her next steps, Bebe is confronted with the fickleness of fame.

Coming to HBO and HBO Max today, Monday, June 20:
MIND OVER MURDER

Director:
Nanfu Wang

World Premiere:
HBO (June 2022)

About:
A docuseries chronicling the bizarre and psychologically complex story of the “Beatrice Six,” convicted for the 1985 murder of a beloved 68- year-old grandmother, Helen Wilson, in Beatrice, Nebraska, but later exonerated by DNA evidence, dividing the rural town.